Vulnerability in Mcafee Smartfilter

CVE-2009-2429

SmartFilter Web Gateway Security 4.2.1.00 stores user credentials in cleartext in admin_backup.xml files and uses insecure permissions for these files, which allows local users to gain privileges. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Mcafee Smartfilter — versions 4.2.1.00
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)